The Director General of Nexus, Bernard Garner, is to retire. Mr Garner has led Nexus since 2006, overseeing record £389m investment in the Tyne and Wear Metro, the roll-out of smart ticketing and the Bus Strategy Delivery Project. The process of seeking a new Managing Director for Transport Operations is now underway and is being led by the North East Combined Authority (neca). This key new role incorporates the responsibilities carried out by the Director General of Nexus, involves leading the passenger transport executive and also integrating it further into the delivery of transport policy across the region overseen by neca. Mr Garner said: “It has been my enormous privilege to have worked at Nexus for almost three decades, and to have led the organisation for the last eight years in the delivery of important local services. “I have enjoyed the close and productive rela...